Saxophone Fingering Chart Generator

This program takes a MIDI file as input and generates fingering charts for saxophones matching the notes in that midi file. Time, note length, and other musical elements are not preserved, this is just a way to learn the fingering for each note.

Usage

• fingeringchart.exe [midifile...]

Just drag a midi file (assuming you use an OS that supports that, eg Windows) onto fingering_chart, and wait for charts to generate! You can also run it via the command-line by specifying one or more midi files as shown above. Make sure the cfg.ron file is in the same directory as fingering_chart. See below for additional settings.

cfg.ron

cfg.ron is the configuration file: - source_charts Sets the directory containing source charts. This directory must contain a png file for each note used. - transposition Sets the transposition. May use C, Bb, or Eb. - output_path Sets the output path. If this is a non-existent directory, will attempt to create. - output_format Sets the output format. May use Tracks, Rows, or Separate. Tracks outputs charts for each midi track as a single file. Rows splits tracks up into multiple files each containing a horizontal row of notes. Separate outputs each individual note as a separate file. - spacing Sets the visual spacing between consecutive notes. Not applicable when using Separate output format. - notes_per_row Sets the number of notes per row. Not applicable when using Separate output format.

Planned Features

• Alternate fingerings. Right now a single fingering is used per note, and it may not necessarily be the optimal choice given the song. I'm considering adding some logic that takes the previous/next note into account to decide which fingering to show on the chart.
• Fingerings for altissimo/trill
• Detect if a midi file has notes out of range, have an option to automatically attempt to transpose the midi file to fit in the sax range (by octave first, then by semitone). Currently notes out of range are just left out with a warning

Example